Anyone trying to do a parts bin friction 1x system, you could try using an
old left hand front shifter as the rear shifter. Mine was a front bar end
friction shifter, now on a Paul Thumbie. I run it on the right underside
of grip and it shifts my 1x10 micro shift derailer through a 11-50 tooth
Just adding more similar data here...
My Silver1 shifter set up on the Riv bar-end pod shifts a Sram Rival
through 11 speeds (11 to 42) with a 33t chainring. It does so very nicely.
Before mounting this shifter (last week), I tried out a Suntour barcon,
which could not get up to the last,
When my Silver1 shifter broke and I replaced it with a Suntour Barcon. I
was surprised by how easier it was to shift to the last cog on a 10 speed
cassette compared to the Silver1 shifter. My initial set-up with the
Silver1 shifter was with a Deore XT 10-speed derailleur. The last cog was
RBW said it won't work; quoting BS quoting Riv:
*These are compatible with up to 9 speed rear derailers only. Not
compatible with SRAM rear derailers.*
But this recently appeared on the web page:
HOLY COW, FOLKS: These will shift up to 11 speeds when used with a 9/8
speed rear derailer. The
I guess my reaction to this would be "why would it not work". It's a
friction shift lever.
So long as the limit screws on the rear derailleur are set correctly, and
the lever has sufficient travel to sweep the entire distance between the
high stop and the low stop when connected to the cable,
https://bikesnobnyc.com/2022/07/08/index-this/#more-11189
I'm only up to 10, and that with an 8-sp-era road rd and Barcons, but this
is heartening news.
I'm tempted to try my Barcons with a 12-sp road cassette, tho' I'd have to
swap out the DA 7401 rd for an 8-sp XT rd, I guess to handle a
